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Help with Task Duration: Start Finish vs Actual Time worked.
Fairly New to MS Project. I am having a hard time understanding Start to Finish of a TASK vs Duration. Example: Task was started on Oct 1st and finished on OCT 15th. The TIME it took the Reso...
Linda --
Set the Task Type for every task to Fixed Duration, Non-Effort Driven. Enter a Duration for each task. When you are ready to assign resources, right-click anywhere in the white part of the Gantt Chart screen and select the Show Split item to display the Task Entry view (split screen view with the Gantt Chart in the top pane and Task Form in the bottom pane). Select a task in the Gantt Chart pane. In the bottom pane, select the resources you want to assign to the task and then enter the Work value for each resource. In the Task Form pane, click the OK button to make the task assignment.
Also, since you are new to Microsoft Project, I would encourage you to subscribe to my YouTube videos and begin watching them at:
https://www.youtube.com/@DaleHowardProjectMVP
Hope this helps.
Set the Task Type for every task to Fixed Duration, Non-Effort Driven. Enter a Duration for each task. When you are ready to assign resources, right-click anywhere in the white part of the Gantt Chart screen and select the Show Split item to display the Task Entry view (split screen view with the Gantt Chart in the top pane and Task Form in the bottom pane). Select a task in the Gantt Chart pane. In the bottom pane, select the resources you want to assign to the task and then enter the Work value for each resource. In the Task Form pane, click the OK button to make the task assignment.
Also, since you are new to Microsoft Project, I would encourage you to subscribe to my YouTube videos and begin watching them at:
https://www.youtube.com/@DaleHowardProjectMVP
Hope this helps.